Nepal, Sept. 8 -- Three people succumbed to Japanese Encephalitis in the district of Nawalparasi (Bardhaghat Sustapaschim).

The Acting Chief of the District Health Office, Bheshraj Sharma, said a 74-year-old man from Bardaghat Municipality-12; a 62-year-old man from Sarabal Rural Municipality-1 and a man of 50 years from Pratappur Rural Municipality-1 died of Japanese Encephalitis while receiving treatment.

Likewise, the district reported nine cases of dengue fever in this season. The officials have warned that the dengue cases could rise sharply in the district.

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The three deaths were reported in the past one and a half months. All three men who died of Japanese E...